Given we had 576 lines in Europe, rather than the American 480, all it did was confuse matters when they made 1080i/p available at the same time and call it all HD. Salt in the wound to retroactively call progressive scan SD, EDTV when that’s basically what they should have called 720p
Oh and the HD-capable Vs HD-Ready™️ Vs actual full (aka real) HD nonsense still has me irked
The fact 720p was ever considered HD is a crime
Given we had 576 lines in Europe, rather than the American 480, all it did was confuse matters when they made 1080i/p available at the same time and call it all HD. Salt in the wound to retroactively call progressive scan SD, EDTV when that’s basically what they should have called 720p
Oh and the HD-capable Vs HD-Ready™️ Vs actual full (aka real) HD nonsense still has me irked
Yes I’m shouting at clouds
Something tells me you’re a Technology Connections watcher.
Who isnt on lemmy :p
… Maybe
720p is fine when encoded correctly with a reasonable bitrate. You will notice it on larger screens, though.